My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 149

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Episode 149

Creak—

As soon as I opened the door, brilliant sunlight poured down.

I blocked the light slightly with my hand and went down to see Boss’s car in view.

“Have you been well?”

“I’ve been swinging hammers all day. Well.”

“I’m sorry if I disturbed your concentration.”

“Thanks to Boss, I can even photosynthesize.”

I spread both arms dramatically and faced the sunlight with my whole body.

Ugh.

It’s hot.

I felt like going back to the comfortable Death Forge without any noise.

“Thank you for accepting the difficult request.”

“Phoenix Guild, you said?”

“Yes. Actually, they’ve been requesting to meet Hunter Park since last time.”

Phoenix Guild.

I was looking for a C-rank Gate and went anywhere.

I got involved because it was a place where Phoenix Guild had released their monopoly.

It was a wave type where Raptor groups attacked at set intervals, probably.

The thrill of striking down a Mutant Raptor’s claws with a sword.

“There will be no more such incidents.”

Sir Isra.

Don’t say such things with a serious face.

“Don’t worry. The girl will protect Master with her life!”

Ah.

I want to experience some real combat too.

What’s the point of learning swordsmanship if I can’t use it anywhere.

“Undeads are not affected by their lord’s movements.”

“The knight guys inherit your skills.”

“Tigris and Armed Zombie Enhanced are outside the sphere of influence.”

Damn.

The heavy-hitting facts left me with nothing more to say.

“Imperial Swordsmanship contains the essence of all superior techniques. If you can handle it, it will help in combat in any way.”

I said one thing and got beaten down to nanometer units.

Ugh.

Fact violence, stop!

I need to change the subject to survive.

After desperately racking my brain, another story came to mind.

“Phoenix Guild hasn’t contacted us just once or twice, have they?”

“After closing the Primordial Wave Gate, they’ve made meeting proposals at least three times.”

“Ack. After ignoring them like that, is it okay to meet now?”

“It wasn’t intentionally rejected.”

After Phoenix contacted us, issues like the Chinese Hunter attack incident occurred right after, making it impossible to schedule meetings.

Once it was postponed because an appointment with Executive Sofia was scheduled.

“We had bad luck.”

“Usually when schedules don’t match this much, they don’t contact us anymore.”

President Baek also clicked his tongue as if troubled.

One of the Domestic Big Five had their meeting proposals rejected three times?

It would be normal for them to use any means necessary for restraint out of wounded pride.

Even Mir Guild picked a fight over Gate bidding after being rejected once.

“This time the Phoenix Guild Master is coming out personally.”

“That’s a bit difficult to refuse.”

“Since the other party is taking a humble approach, it might be good to meet them.”

Phoenix.

I’m already at odds with Mir.

Since they picked the fight first, I have no intention of avoiding it.

But there’s no need to become enemies with other Domestic Big Five either.

“I’ll escort you to the meeting place.”

So today Boss came personally instead of the driver because of the meeting.

“Please take care of me.”

* * *

The meeting place was a cafe not far from my studio apartment.

Even though there was a [Close] sign hanging on the door.

“You can go in.”

President Baek opened the door casually.

Did you rent out the whole place again?

“I didn’t do it.”

It reminds me of when I first met President Baek.

Well.

Compared to renting out a large suburban cafe like Executive Sofia, the scale was small.

Inside the cafe, a woman with red hair was waiting for me.

“I’m Yang Seo-yeon from Phoenix Guild. Nice to meet you.”

“I’m Park Min-ho.”

Guild Master Yang Seo-yeon extended her hand with a big gesture.

Her refreshing movement caught my attention and I naturally shook her hand.

“Can we speak more casually?”

“Sure.”

“Great. Thanks, younger sibling!”

Younger sibling?

You seem to be moving quite fast.

“My kids were indebted to you, younger sibling, but couldn’t properly say thanks.”

“Don’t mention it. I’m just glad there were no accidents.”

“To be honest, half the reason I came was to thank you, and half for another reason.”

Quite some time has passed since the Primordial Wave Gate conquest.

I thought they wouldn’t ask to meet because of an incident from several months ago.

“You’d naturally refuse a guild recruitment offer, right?”

“I have an agency.”

“Director Baek is quite capable. Our guild was going to send a love call too, but you said you’d go independent, so it was disappointing.”

“Didn’t you get fired for not doing your job?”

“How modest.”

I glanced and saw President Baek didn’t look displeased either.

Phew.

“I’m acquainted with Guild Master Yang Seo-yeon. She’s understanding enough to laugh off mischievous jokes, so don’t worry.”

“Mischievous? I was being serious, President Baek.”

The two seem to have a relationship where they can exchange jokes.

Somehow I feel much more at ease.

“Younger sibling. You’re currently with Ascension Agency, right?”

“Yes. But why?”

“Ascension Agency is currently in a cooperative relationship with GGG and handles East Asian market channels.”

President Baek nodded.

“That’s right.”

“My goodness. He even had a meeting with us. It seems like his purpose was this side from the beginning.”

I felt a pang of guilt for no reason.

Executive Sofia had said something like that.

That meeting with the Domestic Big Five was to hide the purpose of seeing me.

“Ha, hahaha.”

“I’ll be honest with you. Anyway, my younger sibling’s caliber is too big for our guild to handle.”

Guild Master Yang Seo-yeon held out a document.

“I propose a partnership MOU with Ascension Agency.”

“What’s an MOU?”

“A memorandum of understanding. It’s a contract where implementation isn’t mandatory.”

A contract with no binding force.

I don’t understand what meaning it has.

President Baek smiled knowingly.

“It’s about trust.”

“Think of it as an agreement to help each other when needed.”

“I’ll review the contract.”

President Baek skimmed through the partnership MOU contract.

“It’s a contract where our agency and Phoenix Guild help each other when we need each other’s strength.”

“You said there’s no binding force?”

“Yes. Instead, there’s a clause about paying appropriate compensation when help is provided.”

The words sound grand.

But it’s a contract to treat each other like mercenaries of sorts.

After hearing President Baek’s explanation, I became curious about one thing.

“Would there be occasions when Phoenix Guild requests help?”

They’re one of the Domestic Big Five.

Guild Master Yang Seo-yeon is an S+ rank Hunter.

The vice guild master is also S-rank.

If they need to request help, wouldn’t that be more of a problem?

I don’t think I could handle it.

“During Primordial Waves, could we even enter?”

“Ah. There are cases like that too.”

“It means you can call us anytime you need our strength too, younger sibling.”

Guild Master Yang Seo-yeon glanced behind me.

“Though it doesn’t seem like that’ll happen.”

Her gaze toward Sir Isra and Ingrid.

She seems to have gotten a glimpse of the two vassals’ abilities.

S-rank Hunters really are different.

Sir Gerard and Alphonse had noticed right away too.

I guess skilled people recognize their own kind.

I quietly looked at President Baek.

Help me! Baekraemong!

“Since there’s no mandatory implementation clause, you won’t lose anything by signing it.”

The president emphasized what he had just said once more.

Ah.

So that’s what it was.

I think I understand what point the president is emphasizing.

“Fine then, let’s do it.”

I cheerfully picked up the pen and scribbled my signature in the empty space.

Maybe because I recently met with the fan club, I’ve gotten quite used to it.

“You’re decisive. Younger sibling?”

“It’s an honor to become cooperative partners.”

“Same here. Future SS-rank. Please take care of me from now on.”

We shook hands once more.

* * *

Even after Min-ho left.

Yang Seo-yeon sat in her seat sipping coffee.

Ding—

The door opened with the sound of a bell.

A 190-centimeter giant man approached Yang Seo-yeon in a straight line.

“How was that guy?”

“He’s got some skill? I’d say he’s at least quasi-S rank.”

Sir Isra and Ingrid.

The aura of those two vassals was extraordinary.

Their skills were a notch below the 12 Heroes, so she couldn’t assess them precisely.

But Yang Seo-yeon’s ‘intuition’ clearly recognized that Min-ho’s vassals were special.

“He’s definitely someone who’ll receive S-rank consecutively.”

“You rate Park Min-ho highly.”

“Our vice guild master. You’re not jealous, are you?”

Vice Guild Master Jo Yeong-hwan.

Phoenix’s second S-rank Hunter snorted as if it was ridiculous.

“If I was going to be, I would have opposed the MOU.”

“It’s a joke. A joke.”

The two people who had been together since the guild’s founding were more than colleagues.

They could joke around freely and reveal their true feelings.

Yang Seo-yeon leaned back in her chair and spread her legs wide.

“Formality really doesn’t suit me.”

“Don’t do that in front of our kids either.”

“There’s only two of us.”

“Aren’t there staff members in the hall?”

“It’s fine. It’s a blind spot. A blind spot.”

Jo Yeong-hwan gave up arguing and sat across from her.

“So did the conversation go well?”

“He stamped it. Hehe.”

“It’s fortunate he accepted the goodwill without much fuss.”

The cooperation MOU.

From Phoenix Guild’s standpoint, it wasn’t urgent business that absolutely had to be pursued.

It wasn’t a matter that required the guild master to step forward either.

Yang Seo-yeon coming out was a kind of gesture of goodwill.

“He seemed to catch on.”

“Our intention to establish connections was pretty obvious.”

“Director Baek Seong-hyeon is right there with him.”

A legendary figure who climbed to the director position of one of the Domestic Big Five despite being Non-Awakened.

Baek Seong-hyeon’s work handling skills were coveted even by other Domestic Big Five.

In fact, Phoenix had sent an email as soon as he submitted his resignation taking responsibility for Jung Shin-ho’s transfer incident.

With that capable person assisting him.

It wasn’t going to be easy.

“Anyway, now that we’ve established connections, let’s have a drink.”

Jo Yeong-hwan downed his iced tea in one gulp with a sullen expression.

“He’s someone who will cause a stir in the domestic Hunter industry.”

“We chose to ride the wind together rather than get swept away by it.”

“If the Guild Master evaluated it highly, then that must be right. I trust you.”

A connection that began from the Primordial Waves.

Through this meeting, Yang Seo-yeon became even more convinced that she needed to buy more Min-ho coins.

‘It looks like there’s going to be a showdown with Mir Guild. I can help out when that happens, right?’

Which guild would benefit from the tectonic shifts that were about to unfold?

At the very least.

Phoenix would gain benefits if anything, but certainly wouldn’t suffer losses.

Who would end up crying could be determined by watching and waiting.

Yang Seo-yeon let out a loud “Haha!” laugh.

“Dignity.”

“Ah. Don’t be so stiff about it.”

Vice Guild Master Jo Yeong-hwan let out a short sigh.

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